§ 32.03 POWERS AND DUTIES.

   (A)   Except as provided in I.C. 36-5-6.5, the Clerk-Treasurer is both the Town Clerk and the Town Fiscal Officer.

(I.C. 36-5-6-2)

   (B)   The Clerk-Treasurer may administer oaths, take depositions, and take acknowledgments of instruments required by statute to be acknowledged.

(I.C. 36-5-6-5)

   (C)   (1)   This section does not apply to a town that has adopted an ordinance under I.C. 36-5-6.5.

      (2)   The Clerk-Treasurer shall do the following:

         (a)   Receive and care for all town money and pay the money out only on order of the Town Council;

         (b)   Keep accounts showing when and from what sources the Clerk-Treasurer has received town money and when and to whom the Clerk-Treasurer has paid out town money;

         (c)   Prescribe payroll and account forms for all town offices;

         (d)   Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers, and employees shall be paid;

         (e)   Manage the finances and accounts of the town and make investments of town money;

         (f)   Prepare for the Town Council the budget estimates of miscellaneous revenue, financial statements, and the proposed tax rate;

         (g)   Maintain custody of the town seal and the records of the Town Council;

         (h)   Issue all licenses authorized by statute and collect the fees fixed by ordinance;

         (i)   Serve as Clerk of the Town Council by attending its meetings and recording its proceedings;

         (j)   Administer oaths, take depositions, and take acknowledgment of instruments that are required by statute to be acknowledged, without charging a fee; and

         (k)   Perform all other duties prescribed by statute.

(I.C. 36-5-6-6)